Primary Convener:
Ewan Crosbie, NASA Langley Research Center

Convener:
Hailong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xiaoli Zhou, Dalhousie University
Hongwei Sun, University of Washington

Chair:
Hailong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xiaoli Zhou, McGill University
Hongwei Sun, University of Washington

Boundary layer clouds are a key element in Earth's coupled system. Their response and feedback to changes in the atmosphere and underlying surface is a leading source of uncertainty in projecting future changes in Earth's radiation budget and water cycle. This session provides a platform for observational, theoretical, and modeling work on liquid, ice, and mixed-phase boundary layer clouds from microscale to regional and global scales. We welcome contributions that explore how these clouds interact with other components of Earth’s coupled system in the context of evolving atmospheric circulation, temperature, humidity, and composition. Topics of interest also include interactions between natural and anthropogenic aerosols and clouds, cloud connections to land and ocean/ice surface processes, and implications for radiation, turbulence, convection, precipitation, and circulation.

Index Terms
3307 Boundary layer processes
3310 Clouds and cloud feedbacks
3311 Clouds and aerosols

Cross-Listed:
C - Cryosphere
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering